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2014: Competed in all 13 meets on beam and 9 meets on bars... holds the No. 17 national ranking on balance beam... tied for first on beam (9.850) and tied for 13th on bars (9.800) at NCAA Regionals (4/5)... ranked first in the Mid-American Conference on beam … Ranked No. 5 in the region on beam … had 7 first place finishes on beam alone this season... awarded MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (2/5)... tied for second and scored a career high on bars at MAC Championships (9.900)... placed second on beam at MAC Championships scoring a 9.875 (3/22)... had six finishes of a 9.900 or higher between bars and beam this season.
2013: Named Second Team All-MAC … Academic All-MAC … competed in all 14 meets in the uneven bars and balance beam and 10 times in the floor exercise … set a career high in the uneven bars (9.775) versus Bowling Green (3/2) … finished the season ranked No. 1 in the MAC and No. 7 in the Central Region in the balance beam … owned the MAC's top score in the balance beam in 2013, a career high 9.925, which also ranks fifth in CMU program history … scored a 9.900 or above in the balance beam in three meets … collected top three showings in the beam in 10 meets, half of which were first place finishes … won three straight beam titles in meets versus Western Michigan (2/24), Bowling Green (3/2), and Alaska Anchorage (3/7) … placed second in the balance beam at the MAC Championships (9.800) (3/23) … finished tied for fifth in the balance beam at the NCAA Regional (9.875) (4/6) … established a career high in the floor exercise at Minnesota (1/26), scoring a 9.825.
2012: First-Team All-MAC ... earned a share of MAC Championships title on balance beam by tying a season-high with a 9.825 (3/24) ... also scored a 9.825 on beeam at Michigan/Illinois Challenge (2/3) ... competed on the beam and floor in all 14 meets ... scored a season-high 9.800 on floor versus Texas Woman's University (1/29), at Washington Tri Meet (3/9) and at 2012 MAC Championships (3/24) ... scored a 9.7 or better on beam in nine meets, including a 9.8 or better four times ... finished season with fifth best RQS in the MAC on beam.
High School/Club: Level 10 gymnast ... four-time Level 10 Colorado State Championships qualifier ... 2011 Level 10 National Invitational Tournament qualifier ... finished second on bars at 2011 NIT ... 2011 Colorado beam champion ... three-time Colorado State champion on bars (2007, '08, '09) ... 2009 Colorado State floor champion ... 2006 Colorado State All-Around champion ... chose CMU over University of Denver and Seattle Pacific.
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Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Digital Collections
before the
Missouri Bar
Muchlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri
Thursday, September 7, 1967
11:00 a.m. (CDT)
There are, I am advised, about a thousand lawyers at
this conference . A lot of lawyers. But if my calculations are cor-rect,
this large gathering forms only .003% of the legal profession
in the United States .
To a non-lawyer who happens to be a la\'T- maker, the
thought of 300,000 lawyers gives rise to a most uncomfortable
question. How can we, in the Congress, who are so few generate so
much business for so many? I find even more appalling the possi-bility
that the necessity for so many lawyers may be related to the
quality of the product of the law- makers.
Be that as it may, I do know that law- makers and
lawyers share a common endeavor and a common hope . We work to
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strengthen the nation and the freedom and well-being of its people
within a frame\'rork of law.
This joint effort is confronted in 1967 with a
challenge whose character is pecularly of our own times even if it
has been of many times in the making. We are living through a long
night of violence both at home and abroad . A harsh antiphony of
hostility is heard throughout the nation. It rises out of the
ordeal of VietNam and is echoed in the turbulence of the nation's
The sound of violence does not set well with me or
with you who are trained to seek peaceful and orderly solutions to
disputes . Nevertheless, as a nation we have become so jaded by the
continuous violence of our times that the sense of indignation ap-pears
dulled except at moments of fierce fury when a great city
goes up in flames.
It takes a Detroit to arouse the nation . But Detroit
took a toll of 43 dead and brought injury to more than 1,000 people,
many of whom were peaceful bystanders . For 5 days the over-all
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casualties in Detroit ran at a higher rate than those which, of
late, have been suffered by American for~es in Viet Nam.
~lliile Detroit burned, it was not uncommon to hear
expressed as a remedy for rioting, less coddling and more crudgelin[
That remedy on a massive scale is thought by some also t o provide a
way out of the difficulty in Viet Nam.
Experience has demonstrated, however, that it would
be as futile as it is dangerous to yield to an easy indulgence of
that kind at home or abroad. In the urban areas of the nation no
less than in Viet Nam an abject reliance on force is a formula not
so much for solutions as for stret ching a summer of seething dis -
order into an autumn of simmering discontent and so on, from season
to season and year to year .
The cure of urban ills involves something more than
force, even as force is essential in the restoration of an or der
which has broken down . On that subject, let me say that for too
long, we have expected too much for too little from the police of
the nation . The police are more often than not underpaid,
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underprivileged, over-used and over-abused. Indeed, it is not unusual
to hear the cry of "police brutality'' while a policeman is
being hit over the head.
A well- trained and disciplined police and the availability
of a graduated supplement of force is an essential characteristic
of every orderly society in the world . Anyone who makes
light of the dangerous and difficult work of the police makes light
of his own life and of civilized survival .
The safety and order of the community is the first
responsibility of organized government . On that score, there can
be no uncertain trumpet and, insofar as the federal government is
concerned, there is no uncertain trumpet. President Johnson has
made perfectly clear that r iots will not be tolerated and rioters
will not be rewarded. I want to say that insofar as the recent
crises in the cities are concerned, the President has acted, in
my judgment, with a blend of a firm resolve in the face of violence
and a wise understanding of the plight of the urban areas.
Riots have been suppressed; they wj_ll continue to be
suppressed. Rioters have not been rewarded; they will not be re~
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But I would hope that we would all keep our perspective
as the President has kept his. We do not reward rioters when
we improve the diet, the education, and the health of little child-ren.
~Te do not re\'rard rioters when we stimulate the building of the
kind of housing and neighborhoods in which people can live decently
and safely. We do not reward rioters when we try to curb air pollu-tion
and assure a plentiful supply of pure water in metropolitan
areas . We do not reward rioters when we seek to protect infants
from rats.
It is one thing to reject rioting. It is another,
however, to turn our backs on the difficulties of the urban areas
because riots have occurred in them. Those difficulties were there
before the riots. They were there during the riots. They are there
now. The nation's responsibility for confronting these difficulties
existed before the riots. It existed during the riots . It exists
It is my good fortune to come from a State where the
standard ills of pollution, delinquency, ghettos and the like are
not yet fixed institutions . Yet, the serious decay of urban America
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is of deep concern to me as I am sure it is to you and I hope that
it is to all Americans wherever they may live .
The time is past, if it ever existed, when one part
of the American community could ignore with impunity to itself,
serious problems in the others. The fact is that distinctions of
rural and urban are fast losing significance in this nation. Ameri-cans
are moving in increasing numbers into and around the cities of
the nation. By the year 2000, 150 million Americans will have been
added to the population of the United States and it is anticipated
that most of the increase will be housed in great metropolitan
That is but one relevant statistic . There is no end
to other statistics which will tell us what we already know about
the urban problem. They will tell of the disintegration of the
physical environment by pollution of air and water. They will tell
of the trek of the improverished into the central cities and the
flight out of those with means. They will tell of the grim discon-tent
that stalks the streets of the slums, of the lack of employment
opportunities therein and of the accumulation of the permanently
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unemployable . They will tell of the massive breakdown of family
life, inadequate schools and poor recreation facilities . They will
tell of miserable housing, hunger, and rats . Statistics will tell ,
in sum, in modern mathematical idiom, an ancient story of human
poverty, neglect and degradation.
There has indeed been a long night of violence in
the cities of the nation . There has also been a long night of
neglect of the needs of the cities.
That is not to say that an effort has not been made,
in a paraphrase of the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 11to get
the cities moving again . 11 We owe a great deal to him for his ef-forts
in this direction. We owe a great deal to Lyndon B. Johnson
in continuing and expanding the effort and, also, to his insistence
that the effor t be realistic in a financial sense . Under his leade1
ship, and in cooperation with Congress, many federal stimulants hav£
been applied boldly and broadly in an effort to revive the urban
centers .
These efforts have cost a great deal of money . They
are going to cost more . We are properly concerned with these costr
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and with the effectiveness of the efforts. We can properly inquire
into the great number of programs which have put into operation in
the last few years . May I say that I have advocated for several
years a more vigorous exercise of legislative revlew by the Congress
in this connection. And var ious Senate committees are proceeding
with the job of evaluating, adjusting and improvir.g this vast body
of legislation.
It will help to keep a perspective in this process,
however, if we note that the cost of the federal programs which are
directed heavily at the urban and other social ills of the nation
run to billions a year less than the cost of the Viet Nam war and
are but a fraction of the budget of the Department of Defense which
now reaches an over-all annual figure of about $70 billion . As we
have been prepared to make the effort for security of others abroad
and particularly the security of Viet Nam, we must also be prepared
to act for the inner security and stability of the nation.
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For those of us who do not live in cities, no less
than for those who do, there is a need to recognize that the way
to restrain the mushrooming of violence is to defuse the seeth-ing
inner cores of the metropolitan areas. As I have already
noted, there can be no uncertain trumpet when the safety and
order of the community are challenged . But the trumpet would
sound a hollov1 note, indeed, if it blew over devastated community
after devastated community throughout the nation .
As in the cities, so in Viet Nam, there has been
from the outset of the involvement almost universal agreement
that a rational solution in Viet Nam is not attainable by force
alone . Nevertheless, the reliance nn fo r ce has grown, escalation
by escalation, until now there are few, if any raticnal military
steps left to take within Viet Nam . Vlhat v1as still a primitive
war among Vietnamese a fe\'r years ago has grown by successive
and mutual increases in the application of force to the point
where it has become a devastat:lng war, fought with a great range
of modern weapons . It has become a war, moreover, which now
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finds the United States in the foreground, and our vietnamese
and other allies in fue background, against North Vietnamese and
the v:·.et Cong in the foreground opposite and with China and
Russia in the background opposite .
As late as May 1965, there were still only 45,000
U. S. troops in Viet Nam. A year and a half later, hm'iever, the
number was 400,000. Today it stands at over 450,000 and the
commitment is expected to grow to approximately 525,000 in mid-
1968 . These figures do not begin to take into account the tens
of thousands of men in units of the 7th Fleet in Vietnamese water
nor the back-up forces in Okinawa and elset'ihere, nor the heavy
bomber squadrons flying out of Guam and Thailand .
The input of more than half a million American
soldiers into the Vietnamese conflict does not mean that the
end of the war is in sight. The end is not even in sight insofar
as the demand for more men and more resources is concerned.
There is talk of the need for one or two more divisions of troops.
There is talk of sending Americans into the delta of the Mekong
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River south of Saigon, ~rhich is the Viet Cong stronghold and has
heretofore been tre responsibility of the South Vietnamese Army.
There is pressure to enlarge and intensify the bombing of North
Viet Nam even though u.s. planes have already flown to within
30 seconds of the Chinese border on bombing missions .
I do not know how much of the potential for an
enlarged involvement in Viet Nam will materialize except that on
the basis of experience to date, the only reasonable conclusion
is that escalation will beget escalation . I do know that there
is no reason to assume t hat additional air action will achieve
what air action was supposed to have achieved months ago but
has not achieved; that is, a cut off of supplies and men moving
south and the bringing of Hanoi to the peace table .
I do know that when the great build-up of U. s.
forces began in mid-1965, the regular South Vietnamese army was
suffering eight combat deaths for every American killed in action .
In 1966, that ratio had dropped to two South Vietnamese for each
American. This year, American combat deaths are on a one-for-one
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basis \'lith the South Vietnamese forces and the total of U. S.
dead and wounded in the Viet Nam conflict now approaches 100,000.
The costs of the war, too, have risen with the
expanded involvement . About this time last year, with 235,000
American troops stationed in Viet Nam, the annual cost was esti-mated
at $13 billion, or slightly more than $1 billion a month.
At year's end, the annual rate of expenditure for VietNam was
at an estimated $21 billion or nearly $2 billion a month.
Today, it is generally calculated that monthly costs are at
least $2 .5 billion .
I do not know where a solution for Viet Nam may
lie or of what it might consist. I can only say that I know
where it does not appear to lie and of what it does not seem to
consist. In my judgment, peace does not liB in ever additional
inputs of U. s. forces or in ever expanding bombing forays .
This is not a new view for me. I have felt that
such was the case v1hen there were less than 50,000 Americans in
Viet Nam . I say it now when there are close to 500,000. After
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a mission to Viet Nam in the company of several Senate colleagues,
almost two years ago, we reported that the question which confronts
this nation in VietNam 11
••• is not one of applying increased
U. s. pressure to a defined military situation but rather of
pressing against a military situation i'lhich is, in effect, open
Despite the new current of rumors in Washington
and elsewhere that the enemy is 'on the ropes," or that we are
"over the hump," I can see no reason to discard the premise that
the war in Viet Nam is open-ended--that the logic~l sequence of
greater U. S. involvement is still greater involvement, and so
on, until the monster of war runs amuck over the entire Southeast
Asian mainland, if not throughout the world . Behind the guerrilla
war in South Viet Nam, there are still the largely unengaged forces
of North VietNam's commander Vo Nguyen Giap. And beyond North
Viet Nam, if we need to be reminded, there is China.
Therefore, I share \'Ti th the President and
many others the view that the dilemma of Viet Nam, in
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end, will yield to negotiations. To date, all efforts to initiate
negotiations, however, have been in vain . Over the months many
alternative approaches have been suggested. I have had occasion,
for example, to urge neutralization of all of Southeast Asia and
a cease-fire and standfast in Viet Nam. All-Asian negotiations
and direct U. S. - Chinese meetings have been proposed. I have
advocated that a defensive barrier be built across Viet Nam just
south of the demilitarized zone and extended across Laos to Thailand
as an alternative to an extension of the war in Asia in consequence
of ever- expanding aerial bombardment. In connection, therewith,
I have joined Senator Cooper of Kentucky and others in advocating
a contraction of bombing to the routes of infiltration in the
vicinity of the 17th parallel.
Finally, it has been suggested time and again that
the United Nations Security Council might at least initiate a
consideration of the question of Viet Nam. The Council has not
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only failed to act, it has failed even to ackno·Nledge, in an
official sense , the existence of the Vietnamese conflict as a
threat to the peace. A future reader of official U. N. papers
for this trying period in world history would scarcely be aware
that a major war had occurred in Southeast Asia. That would be
the case unless he read the personal papers of the Secretary General
U Thant has sought to act on his own initiative i n his diplomatic
capacity to end the \'lar . However, the provisions of the Charter
involving the peace-keeping functions which bind the member-nations
have not been engaged .
Let me make clear that the U. N. should not be
expected to produce miracles of solution with respect to Viet Nam,
inasmuch as all the other avenues, which have been tried, have so
far come to dead ends. The world organization, however, does have
a mandate regarding the preservation of peace . The members of the
Security Council, including the United States, do have a compelling
responsibility under the United Nations Charter.
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Article I contains a treaty obligation which
requires the organization to '·take effective collective measures
for the prevention and remova 1 of threats to the peace •.•. "
Hi th all due respect, it does not take a la\•TYer to interpret
this solemn commitment and the responsibility which it places
on the United States and all other members of the Security Council
The vehicle for bringing the question of Viet Nam
before the Council is already present in the form of a U. s.
resolution which was introduced at the beginning of the year .
It has not yet been called up in the Council for reasons which
are far from clear . Yet the procedural question of calling up
is subject to vote and it is veto-proof under the precedents .
Moreover, the precedents are there which would allow involved
parties that are not members of the u. N. to participate in the
consideration and that, too, on the basis of precedent is not
vetoable . In sum, Peking can be included; Hanoi and Saigon can
be included; and so too, for that matter if the Council so
decides, can the National Liberation Front or any other pertinent
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nation or group. You may recall that Peking did appear before
the Council some years ago in connection with the Korean question.
You may recall, too, that in the original Palestine dispute in
1948, two non-governmental groups--the Jewish agency for Palestin
and the Arab Higher Committee--were invited by the Council to
present their case and the former did appear .
In recent weeks twenty-seven Senators, including
Senators Symington and Long have joined in urging that the United
States government insist that its resolution on Viet Nam be laid
before the U. N. Security Council and, that if necessary, a vote
be had-- win or lose--on the question of taking up . In our judg-ment,
it is long past the time for the member states and all
others involved in Viet Nam to stand up and be counted . At this
late hour, \ve need to know and the world needs to know· who is
prepared and who is not prepared to move to bring the military
struggle to a close without delay and, thereafter, to seek a
resolution of the issues of Viet Nam by peaceful processes .
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The long night of violence in Viet Nam will know
no dawn until the \'TOrld community can end the diplomatic inertia
\'lhich has characterized its reaction to Viet Nam. Until the war
is brought to an end, moreover, the hope of removing the roots
of disorder in our cities may well remain beyond our reach.
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Amber was playing Tiny Tower, a free game for the iPhone. It's a lot of fun and you should check it out.
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River Coquet
Northumberland National Park Authority has 22* appointed members - six from Northumberland County Council, six parish council representatives - three from the North of the Park (formerly Alnwick & Berwick Districts) and three from South of the Park (formerly Tynedale District), and ten* appointed by the Secretary of State for the Environment to represent local, regional or national interests.
All members of the Authority serve on two main committees (The Full Authority, where the main business is conducted and the Development Management Committee which considers all matters relating to planning. Members also represent the National Park Authority on a number of outside bodies to represent the interests of Northumberland National Park.
The Full Authority also has a role to carry out scrutiny and audit to ensure that all activities of Northumberland National Park Authority meet the standards required to ensure compliance, sound governance and sound stewardship.
The Standards and Appeals Committee consists of five Members of the Authority and was established as required by the Localism Act 2011 to promote and maintain high standards of conduct by Members of the Authority; through adoption and operation of a Code of Conduct.
* Pending Government legislation, it is anticipated that membership of Northumberland National Park Authority will reduce to 18 members from April 2014, involving the reduction of National Secretary of State Members from ten to six.
Scheme of Delegation
The Authority has adopted a Scheme of Delegation to Committees and Officers to permit swift and effective policy and decision-making by members and managerial and operational decision-making by officers within a framework of accountability to Government and local people.
The Scheme of Delegation assigns powers from the National Park Authority to committees and sub-committees and establishes terms of reference for working groups and panels which can advise the Authority. It also delegates powers to the Chief Executive to execute business and take timely decisions within a policy and financial framework and further delegates the powers of the Chief Executive to the other senior staff who are members of the Leadership Team and other staff.


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Arts Council Facing Uncertain Future
Filed by Michael Cross in Art & Life, Local News, News, Politics.
January 29, 2013
The Oklahoma Arts Council is asking for an additional $500,000 to add to its $4 million dollar budget.
The request comes at a time lawmakers are considering defunding the agency altogether.
Kim Baker, the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Arts Council went before House and Senate members, just days after a bill was announced to end all funding for the agency in four years.
Baker says the agency is moving forward with its community outreach despite the concern over House Bill 1895.
"What we hope is that this is a great opportunity for us to educate Oklahomans about what we do, and the services that we provide to Oklahoma."
Baker says $250,000 would go to Community Arts Programs and $250,000 for Arts Education Programs including a full time position to deal with art at the Capitol.
She says the Arts Council is a great investment when for every $1 allocated to the agency Oklahoma sees an $8 return.
One Response to "Arts Council Facing Uncertain Future"
I really hope that their campaign to raise awareness and gain funding works! The loss of the Arts Council would be a huge blow to the cultural enrichment of the entire state.


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Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to reports that Speaker Boehner told the House Republican Conference, in a private meeting today, that he will abandon efforts to prevent student loan rates from doubling on July 1st:
"Today, Speaker Boehner confirmed to his Conference what was already obvious: Republicans are not interested in working with Democrats to find a responsible path that would prevent the doubling of interest rates on America's students. As the clock ticks closer to the deadline for millions with student loans, Republicans have continued to make it clear that they were never interested in helping students in the first place.
"Democrats led the largest investment in student aid in our nation's history and we will continue to work to put higher education in reach for millions of young people."


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Susanne Thurn Wallpapers - Booth #7
Design Showcase 2012
Design: Handprinted Wallpaper
Materials: Acrylic colours on fleece wallpaper
Pitch: "THE IMPERFECT PERFECTION - All wallpapers are hand-printed in St. Pauli, Hamburg. Screen printing is a craftsmanship. The thick paint is a
haptic experience. Small irregularities, different surfaces and varying lines make every print unique. The patterns are especially designed for this kind of hand-printing. They blend into each other in such a way that no part equals another. I use only the highest quality water-based colours. The wallpapers are printed on off-white fleece material , 75 cm ( 29,53 inches) in width. All designs can be printed in the colours of your choice at an extra charge."
Designer: Susanne Thurn
Link: susannethurn.com
Location: Hamburg, Germany
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• About Design Showcase 2012: Every September we celebrate the best new creations for the home. We're hosting a select number of independent designers, makers and creatives from around the world, giving them some precious real estate and watching them pitch their wares. Our panel of judges and editors along with our general body of readers will select a few exemplary exhibitors for special mention.
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Love this.
The best booth so far!
I agree. This is the best!
I could listen to her talk about painting all day. Her work is gorgeous.
Great collection of wallpapers ///wallpaper-collectionz.blogspot.com


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These guys will do anything to take care of there customers. They have been in business for 30 years,you can't do that by screwing people,word gets around fast.
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. Congratulations for being a gas buddy for over seven years While earning 1.80 MM points. . Helping others save money on gas. May 2014 bring peace and joy. Lets be buddies. Thanks. Shep.
Thanks for the kind words. Interestingly, I received several notes of congratulations before I even got the email from GasBuddy stating that I had won.
Hope your not getting too much snow . We will get mostly rain with some snow early in the morning. My brothers in Superior will get a little more and my in-laws in Ashland will be sick of all the snow.
Thanks for noticing my 2 mil mark I think we are turning the corner to spring it took a long time in coming this year.
Sounds like you will get some "SNOW tomorrow. My brothers in Superior are not happy with the forecast of 8 to 12 inches more of winter.
I didn't even notice it until MissyLou said something. I seen I was getting close to 2.5 mil but then lost track. Nice to see you posting off and on again.
Hey ya DW, wondered what had happened with you! Yeah we're wintering here in AZ until April and yes Florence is our nearest town albeit we're NW a ways but get into town regularly for lunch or see friends. We're over here in Show Low for the weekend visiting friends and with everyone gone off to bed I was checking e-mail from the kids and saw the mail alert from GB with your note. Coolidge is a small community SW of Florence and less than half the size and I'd guess you could find something in the range you're looking but wouldn't expect a lot. Coolidge has few amenities as compared to Florence but both share in a common problem that's only going to get worse...Water availability. Both communities only resource is Phoenix and they aren't allowing any additional as they need it for themselves so water is always short, expensive and highly rationed. We're fortunate out on the desert with acreage as we were permitted for an artesian well back at the time permits were still available.
There's a 1 bedroom 1 bath on Aurora ST in the Shopper for 27K...can't get much smaller than that. I will say though...you have to go outside to change your mind. Sand sounds nice right about now...
I know what you mean, kind of a pain sometimes to keep it up but I'm going to try for 1K for days & maybe 3 mil then who cares. Been wondering where you went, thought maybe vacation but now I know. Stay warm down there on old 2-6 someday we'll see above 32 again.
Hey Paul everything ok out on old 26? Haven't seen anything out of you in some time...hope all is good and just taking a break somewhere warmer but you could have drug me along too...LOL


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Crestwood High School Theatre Presents:
Peter and Wendy
April 27 and 28, May 3 and 5 at 7 pm
Free senior Citizen show April 27 at 11 am
Tickets:$10.00 at the door
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Children 5 and under, FREE
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January Jones Attempts to Make Herself More Likeable
17 of Hollywood's Most Beautiful Couples
15 Celebs With the Worst Lips in Showbiz
10 Celebs Who Have Poor Taste in Men
Space Cases: Celebs That Have Totally Lost Touch with Reality
14 Celebrities Who Probably Shouldn't Have Kids
Glory Days: 10 Celebs Who Just Stopped Caring
10 Celebrities Who Have Poor Taste In Men
The Hottest Celebrity Hairstyles For Spring 2014
Orlando Bloom & Liv Tyler's Relationship Revealed
31 Celebrity New Moms
Which Kardashian Sister Doesn't Believe in Diets?
How Did Celebs React to the LA Earthquake?
Selena Gomez Comes Face to Face with Stalker
What Emma Watson Would Look Like As a Bride
Has Victoria Beckham's Style Taken a Backseat to Motherhood?
George Clooney Introduces Famous Friends to His New Gal Pal
18 Celebrities With Different Colored Eyes
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Jared Leto Puts Justin Bieber to Shame
Proof Brad Pitt is Still Super Sexy
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Nicki Minaj Dresses Totally Normal For Once
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Backstage with Ariana Grande: Wardrobe Secrets Revealed
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Sheriff Jimmy Kilgore said two men approached a cashier outside the Coldwater Friendly Stop on Priebes Mill Road around 10 p.m. Wednesday. Kilgore said the two suspects took the woman back into the convenience store, where they stole cash from the register and her purse.
"The suspects kept putting their hands in their pockets indicating they had a gun, but she never actually saw a gun," Kilgore said.
The cashier was not injured during the robbery, he said.
Kilgore said that after the two men took the undetermined amount of money, they fled the store on foot. One suspect wore a black hoodie, and the other wore a camouflaged hoodie, he said.
Kilgore said today that deputies were reviewing surveillance video from the store to identify the robbers.
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Probably few questions have led to more argument and more pain in modern religious life than the question, "Do you believe?" Today the question usually implies acceding to certain intellectual propositions. The tragedy is that the question is usually misapplied if we look closely at how certain concepts were used in our sacred texts.read more
'Advancing' in the spirit by which we can be fed;
Our search for truth is central in all that's done and said;
In openness we search but it's not for certainty,
For God is not restricted to our theology.
If our beliefs prevent our search
For new and different creeds;
Let us beware of narrow views
Where dogma often breeds;
With new, exciting facts we learn
Much love can come about;
Yes! Those who grow in their beliefs
Can sing in praise of doubt.
The questions before us in this e-bulletin are two: How important are beliefs in an evolving faith? and, Does community need to agree on belief? More generally, the issues pertain to the tie that binds community and the experience that underlies that tie.read more
I've been reading another smart and literate atheist arguing the absurdity of belief in God. Someone asked me once if I was threatened by the recent self-assertiveness of atheists and, surprisingly, I could offer a confident "no." The fact is that I am heartened by the resurgence of atheism because I agree with almost all of it. The kind of shallow, or at least, immature systems of belief that atheism attacks, should be debunked and I feel like I play my own part in debunking them from the pulpit most Sunday mornings. But the arguments of the atheists never get to the real point or even address the heart of real faith.read more
I grew up long before computers showed us how they could handle millions of requests all at once. So in college I began to have serious questions whenever our preacher asked everyone to bow their heads and say a silent prayer to God. And our preachers back in the 50's and 60's did that a lot. How could God hear all those prayers being offered up at the same time? There were several hundred at our church and many more throughout Tupelo who were in church from 11 until noon on Sunday, plus in our state and country and around the world. Lots of prayers were being offered up all at once, so how did God sort them all out.read more
Rev. Sam Alexander is Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael, CA. He is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, B.A., and Union Seminary in Virginia, M.Div. Sam has served congregations in Maryland and in the San Francisco Bay area and is currently Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael. He serves as an Adjunct Instructor in Homiletics at San Francisco Theological Seminary. What they call, "his provocative sermons" have inspired, disturbed, and delighted his congregations.read more
It's interesting to see what Jesus thought about beliefs. Jesus, in his parable of the Good Samaritan, makes it clear that the righteous one is not the Pharisee or the lawyer, who are learned and who know about the law, correct belief, or so on. The righteous one is the one who cares for his neighbor, who reaches out to the stranger in need.read more
For love is long-suffering and abounds in kindness. It is not arrogant or boastful. Love does not behave rudely. Neither self-serving nor quick to take offence, love never thinks the worst.read more
The Right Moral Way has not changed over time and remains psychologically sound. In a "Psychology Today" article entitled 'The (Only) Seven Spiritual Principles We Need to Succeed', Karl Albrecht reveals traditional key values for moral living that are still crucial in contemporary times.read more
To believe, or give assent to, a fixed set of beliefs, such as, "I believe in God the father almighty….," or the inerrency of the Bible is to cut off the possibility of growth. If you have all the answers you are not open to new thoughts or questions. Communicating with a fundamentalist is very difficult, and we are all fundamentalist in a variety of ways. But Leonard Cohen reminds us that "there is a crack in everything, that's where the light comes in."read more
Easter calls attention to the traditional, fundamental "beliefs" associated with the Christian religion – if only for a day. The secular world pays little attention to the nuances of Christian "faith" in a post-Christian world. Easter is a liturgical season that lasts for seven weeks. In Christian tradition, the time between the resurrection of Jesus and his "ascension" into the sky (Pentecost) replaces the time between the Jewish Feast of the Passover and the giving of the law to Moses on Mt. Sinai. Not only do most Christians concentrate on the resurrection story – often literally. Editorial writers for supposedly sophisticated secular media seem to feel obligated to attempt to find meaning in the traditional religious legend of a dead man walking out of his tomb. But "faith" does not mean "belief." "Faith" means "trust." "Faith" further means "confidence."read more
Dogma and doctrine should not get in the way of practicing Love, who is God. Doctrines can be interesting: they help us understand the origins and background of our religion. But repeating creeds is not the price of admission into Christianity. Instead of caring whether the story of Jesus' resurrection was a fact or a myth, let's look in the story for inspiration to turn from the way of death to the way of life. Let's care about our neighbors without jobs or health insurance, face the resentment in our hearts that needs to be released, become activist citizens, and learn to bring our careers in alignment with our highest values. Let's gather in churches, soup kitchens, work-places, living rooms, and cafés to support each other in doing things that matter, and let go of old doctrines that don't.read more
During the fourth century, Christianity digressed from the concept of one God into the vague and mysterious doctrine of the Trinity. The Catholic Church reportedly devised the Trinitarian doctrine to answer the charge of worshipping three gods – God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. Trinitarianism became a part of the Roman Catholic doctrine as a result of the first ecumenical council of Nicaea in 325 CE.read more
I've done much thinking of my own. Though not an expert nor having a theological degree (I am a former psychologist), I would like to share the listing I came up with that, to me, contrasts Biblical fundamentalism with what I perceive Progressive Christianity to be. Later in life, my listing may allow room for changes as I continue to grow spiritually.read more
All of the great mystics and spiritual teachers like Jesus and Buddha were clear……authentic spiritual growth is not something that can be given to us. No one else can do the work for us. We have to discover, and then embrace, the courage required to take the inner journey; to shine the light of our consciousness into the shadows of our egoic mind. This is not a journey for the feint of heart.read more
There is a strange silence in churches about biblical and theological scholarship. A huge knowledge gap exists between the pulpit and the pew. Consequently, many Christians cannot reconcile their belief system with modernity. Paul Jones explores seven secrets that jeopardize the nature and purpose of the church. These secrets, he asserts, must be exposed to restore the church to vigor and vitality.read more
"Bessler makes an innovative argument about the question of the historical Jesus and he makes it well. He challenges my own skepticism about the historical Jesus, awaking me from my skeptical slumbers." — Clark Williamson, Christian Theological Seminary emeritusread more


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It's always best to try to size using a variety of methods to come up with their ideal. For youth which are still growing, we recommend that you go with the longest length obtained through the various sizing methods. We often use the break of the wrist method (described in the softball bat sizing above) along with this method and use the longer of the two.
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Those who visit the Archives of the University of Notre Dame to do research know our calendar as a card catalog almost as large as the collections it indexes. Archival calendars contain summaries of individual documents arranged in chronological order. We have several calendars in the archives, but the one we call "the calendar" or "our calendar" contains descriptions of documents in nineteen collections dating from 1576 to 1957, most of them from the nineteenth century:
The order of this list reflects the order of the collections on the shelves. The location codes at the end of each item on the list correspond to the codes given at the end of each calendar entry.
The earliest documents come from the Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas (which later became the Archdiocese of New Orleans). Many of the documents in this collection remain in original order, arranged chronologically by the date of each cover document, with related documents, generally of earlier date, filed after each cover document. The calendar also follows this order. Calendar entries for the other collections follow chronological order more strictly.
(4) Appoints Monsieur (Louis Alexandre) Dolaunay, church warden of the church of St. Louis in New Orleans to examine and finish the accounts of the old churchwardens and to examine old matters concerning the property of the same church.
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Report: LG Kevin Boothe signs back with New York Giants
The New York Giants have been saying that re-signing Kevin Boothe is a priority. The cap-strapped Giants had to get creative to make it happen, but were able to bring back Boothe on a one-year deal.
As a free agent, Boothe had been talking to several teams, including the Panthers, Jets and Cardinals. The Giants don't have a good in-house replacement for the guard, who graded out above-average as a run blocker.
After being drafted in the sixth round of the draft in 2006 by the Oakland Raiders, Boothe spent 2007-2012 with the Giants. Boothe started 16 games in 2012. Full details about Boothe's deal with the Giants are not yet known.
LG Kevin Boothe has signed back with NYG. One-year deal.—
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In the wake of sexual harassment allegations, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner says he has no plans to resign. In fact, it's now being reported that Filner wants the city to cover his legal expenses.
Larry Elder was here to talk more about this.
Larry Elder has got a new book out, 'Dear Father, Dear Son' is now available now. You can hear Larry Elder's Show from three to six every afternoon, Monday through Friday...on KABC.
Sharon Lawrence plays a therapist treating patients with eating disorders in the new Lifetime movie 'Starving In Suburbia.'


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Girl Scouting develops confidence and resilience in the young women of today by providing them with the tools to face challenges and make sound decisions. The community's generosity and support maintain Girl Scouting as one of America's most valued and trusted traditions.
All contributions support Girl Scout programs, opportunities and events sponsored by the council. Please make a contribution to Girl Scouts. Your tax deductible donation is an investment in their future, which is your future. The Girl Scouts provide a variety of giving programs convenient to the varied interest of potential donors. Your contributions enable Every Girl Everywhere to have the opportunity to share in the positive and rewarding atmosphere of the Girl Scouts to grow courageous and strong.
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From the Inside Out
Give the Singers Some!
With songs of sadness and of mirth,
That they might touch the hearts of men
And bring them back to heaven again.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Singers
Ruth Naomi Floyd
Root to the Fruit
Along with her sidework with instrumentalists Charles Fambrough, Uri Caine and other jazzmen of note, composer/vocalist Ruth Naomi Floyd gives voice to her own muse through her own label, Contour Records. Her fifth release continues her longstanding collaboration with pianist James Weidman, known for his accompaniment of vocalists Abbey Lincoln and Cassandra Wilson, and also features flutist James Newton, saxophonist Gary Thomas, and rhythm section aces Reggie Washington (bass) and Ralph Peterson (drums).
Root to the Fruit endeavors to illuminate the intersection at which meet jazz, its musical ancestry, and African-American Christian faith. There's a surprising amount of musical precedent for this ambition, and Floyd's eclectic program takes full advantage of it. She renders in gospel, jazz and blues hues such traditional spirituals as "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child and "Oh, Freedom, on which she pins her deeply felt vocal to a colorful tapestry of expressive yet exploratory, "free-jazz" blowing by the ensemble. Weidman's horn arrangement for "God is My Shepherd (from Antonin Dvorak's Biblical Songs, Opus 99, 1894) echoes Ellington while his piano accompaniment raises the meditative specter of Bill Evans.
Floyd polishes the lyrics and music of Randy Weston's "Where into a sacrificial moan drawn from the blues, lightly seasoned by earthy funk. She adapts an "Act of Contrition from Mary Lou Williams' 1972 release Mary Lou's Mass, creating a poignant slice of liturgy for Weidman, who testifies on church organ instead of piano, preaching a soulful sermon from mount Jimmy Smith.
What follows an "Act of Contrition," doctrinally as well as sequentially, is "Mercy. The album's nine- minute centerpiece emerges as serious jazz, an exploration carved out hard and strong by Thomas' tenor sax into the granite foundation hammered in place by Weidman's double-fisted piano.
Floyd's annotations cite the scriptural inspiration/reference for each song. The release further includes as a separate set of liner notes the theological commentary Root to the Fruit: A Nexus of Jazz and Theology by pastor, author and lecturer Rev. Dr. John Nunes, a contributing scholar to Modern Reformation magazine and member of the American Academy of Religion.
The Holmes Brothers
State of Grace
Wendell Holmes plays guitar, piano and sings, and Sherman Holmes plays bass and sings. When Popsy Dixon joins on drums and vocals, this trio metamorphoses into The Holmes Brothers, the Blues Foundation's 2005 Band of the Year. Their three-part harmonies are honeyed country gospel but their front-stoop funk and dark, broken-hearted tales are pure country blues.
The Holmes Brothers make every song they sing sound gospel-sacred and gutbucket-funky. Look no further for an example than Wendell's twelve-bar electric spiritual-blues "Standing in the Need of Love. He leads this pained blue moan with guitar that strips off sheets of raw, primitive sound, each layer revealing new depths of anguish like a scabbed wound, while Popsy and Sherman offer comfort with sweet vocal harmonies: Elmore James meets The Impressions.
The Brothers also present a collection of cover material that comprises roadhouse Americana, drawn from Hank Williams, Sr., George Jones, John Fogerty, Nick Lowe, Lyle Lovett, and other songwriting greats from an authentic rural tradition. Several of these covers reincarnate, practically transubstantiate, the original material. "Bad Moon Rising cooks as a hot Cajun griller, a bayou two-step, while "What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding snuggles comfortably in warm country-knit acoustic and pedal steel guitar. "I Want You to Want Me, Rick Nielsen's ode to throbbing teen lust for Cheap Trick, slows all the way down to a reverential, transcendent hymn, almost a prayer.
Roseanne Cash takes Wendell's hand to stroll with him down the memory lane of Williams' "I Can't Help It if I'm Still in Love With You, and Joan Osbourne steps out to front a raucous "Those Memories of You, rampaging while soaring in the spirit of Janis Joplin. State of Grace also marks the return to recording of Levon Helm (of The Band) since his recovery from throat cancer; Helm plays drums on "Three Grey Walls and snare drum and mandolin and sings on "I've Just Seen the Rock of Ages in a voice vulnerable on the edge of quivering, high and wraithlike, cast in all the haunted emotion of this gospel spiritual.


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800 SW 16TH St, Renton, WA | Directions 9805547.466547 -122.228548
Horrible Business Needing Competition – Now a FORMER Shuttle Express user. Dreadful business, insulting, and shady because they have no competition. I made a RT airport reservation online. Then thought I might get a ride home from my daughter and called to ask if I should instead book only one way. Oh, no. No problem, just give a call to cancel return trip. And so I did, after leaving Mexico for home. Noticed no change in the VISA charge so called. Unbearably rude and insulting person said I should have read the fine print requiring 24 hours notice. And called long distance from Mexico, no doubt. I explained, and she had the nerve to say they maybe could arrange to have someone listen to my recorded phone call to see if I was telling theTRUTH! What a filthy, horrid business. Never again.
For Hotel Pickup ONLY – The pickup from the hotel was prompt. However, the RESERVED pickup from the cruise pier was the slowest of any shuttle working the pier.
Shuttle Express was the only company that didn't have their customers cleared from the pier before the next cruise began boarding. We thought that by making a reservation months in advance that we would not have to wait over an hour for our shuttle. Had we had an earlier flight home we would have missed it.
Not totally unprofessional, just really disorganized when facing 4 separate parties with reservations. If you value your time find another company.
the best town car service – I frequently travel for pleasure and pay for my own transportation, not expence account it. I've used most of the local car/driver services and was pleasently surprised that Shuttle Express was by far the best service and the most economical. The driver was right on time, the car new and spotless. Best of all the driver was very professional in appearance and didn't feel compelled to yap endlessly about nothing of concern to me. I will definately use them exclusively in the future as long as they maintain their present high standards.
Take the Town Car! Only way to travel – Town Car Service!!!! Newer Lincoln Town Cars, Leather upholstery, very comfortable, clean & no smells On time and very knowledgeable driver, who was professional in dress, grooming and in how he communicated. Best Town Car Service I have used in 10 years.
More dollars than sense – For a single, it may be more cost effective. For a couple or family, book a cab. It will be quicker and less costly.
We were fortunate to have a local in our shuttle or we might still be driving aimlessly about the near north side of downtown - the driver did not know the location of any of the hotels at which the passengers were staying!
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Rumored New Couple Alert: Amber Rose and Reggie Bush?!?by Hilton Hater at .
Don't cry for Reggie Bush.
While Kim Kardashian may have found a new man, her ex-boyfriend has apparently also moved on from his relationship with the reality star.
As first reported by Perez Hilton, the Saints running back and Amber Rose were spotted at AXE Lounge in Southampton Saturday night. Not only were Bush and Kanye's former love looking quite cozy all night, they even took bathroom breaks together.
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this is whats wrong with "simple minded" people... Amber Rose is beautiful woman and she isnt any worse than any other female..damn is it a crime to be a bad chick?? she carries herself like a lady but likes to have a good time.. yall are all just jelous HATERSS hi hi hi haters! ;)
thats nasty how are you gonna go from the most gorgeous girl like kim k to a nasty girl like amber rose shes very ugly i think reggie and kim belong with each other and need to stop playing stupid childish games if you really do love someone then you would want to be with them and not try to make each other jelious


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I've heard the third link on the twelve links of dependent origination (consciousness) described as causal consciousness. What do you think about that?
There may be good reason for this. Karen Armstrong, who has a pretty strong rep for doing serious research, said that the term used does not refer to general consciousness, but to the consciousness of the last living moment. Sort of the end product of a life.
While I'm at it, she also says that "name & form" is just a Pali idiom for the term "person".
So there's some more marbles to rattle around in your gourd!
I think the problem is that while the twelve links of dependent origination were taught, a lot of the finer details were not recorded and thus Buddhist thinkers throughout the centuries have had to pin down the sequence and mechanism.
To me it doesn't make sense to think of the third link as a consciousness connected to any sensory apparatus because this is before the six sources or ṣaḍāyatana have arisen.
Strange that Karen Armstrong should call it the the consciousness of the last living moment. It is most often described as the causal phase of consciousness which carries the "traces" of the samskara/karmic formative factors of the preceding link.
The sequence of the links seems less to do with an actual sequence of events rather than a description of a set of elements that are required for the following link. So indeed, as Huseng points out, thinking of the causal consciousness as connected in a direct manner to the ayatanas doesn't make a lot of sense if indeed that is what is being stated. It's not a question of the grosser consciousnesses, the third link is directly dependent on having a formative karmic impulse. So perhaps Karen Armstrong in her thorough yet somewhat eclectic manner is referring to the last moment of this life being such a dominant factor in determining our future rebirth?
And of course there are different sequences grouped according to categories, all within the framework of the classical 12 link sequence. Such as whether they are links which project or are projected, and those that "produce (bring to fruition) or are produced". Or according to Nagarjuna's verses of dependent origination some are kleshas, others are karmas, others are suffering. But having the original sequence is still enormously helpful in understanding dependent arising.


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Well, of course they were. Despite the big box stores that line South Townsend Ave. – with enough stuff inside to easily make a home complete – the fact remains: a town without a bustling Main Street is a town severely diminished. And that means the shops and galleries at its core must flourish. Participating vendors in this month's First Friday Stroll will include:
- An artist demonstration from local woodworker Adam Duncan at the A+Y Gallery, who will show the techniques he uses to coax the beauty out of unfinished wood. The gallery will also feature an exhibit of green, meaning furniture and paintings with that color on or in them, as well as green, environmentally friendly products.
- At Fabula, "Instead of showing green things, we're going green," owner Sonja Horn said. Specifically, the three-floor home décor, gift and kitchen-accessories shop will focus on eco-friendly foods, kitchen items and toys. There'll be a special presentation on the black and white varieties of Himalayan salt, for use at table or as a bath salt, and special guest Brian Hitt will be on hand to discuss the popular counter-top surface Corian, which he re-purposes into cutting boards.
- At the Simpson gallery, owner Mike Simpson will show how he paints watercolors; if you ask nicely, he may also offer a demonstration of his latest passion, gilding. And at Canyon Gallery, there'll be a special sale on a print of Mount Sneffels in its full glory (that would be in autumn, at sunset). Around the Corner Gallery will introduce the work of two new artists its has recently added to its stable: husband-and-wife team Mike and Linda Ballas. He sculpts colorful fish out of raku, and she makes needle-felted landscape/wall hangings, purses and more.
- Among the other participating vendors will be Dahlia's Floral, Pollux, and She She's Boutique, where local artist Karen Shamp will exhibit her contemporary and Southwest-inspired jewelry.
There will also be food, beverages and tunes on offer; Horsefly and Two Rascals breweries will (naturally) serve green beer, and Canyon Creek B&B will host a musical jam. The galleries will also offer beverages and appetizers. Canyon Creek, for example, is conducting a wine tasting, featuring a domestic chardonnay and Pinot noir from Don & Sons, as well as a French offering – Les Vignes de Bila-Haut – which Linda Angelo of the Pour House calls a "velvety, complex, fabulous little red." Angelo believes strongly in the First Friday Strolls, the Main in Motions, the Christmas events and all the other things in which merchants participate, in order to keep interest in downtown Montrose high, particularly in a tough economy. "I understand their concern," she said. "The Pour House is located on the other side of the railroad tracks on West Main Street. We have had to make the store a destination in itself to get people to come." These days, a core group of business owners is "breathing new life" into downtown, she said. "They have a vision. They understand the bigger picture. You have to do something" to help keep businesses vibrant. "You don't want a town without a downtown."
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Decisions and the People Who Pay the Price
Published: May 17, 2012 at 12:41 am
Recently, Time Magazine ran a sensational story, Are You Mom Enough? Great title to hook readers, and even more effective was the picture of a three-year old boy standing on a chair breastfeeding. Do you think he was really hungry or did the photographer pose him? Makes me sort of squirm to think of that photo shoot and it really makes me squirm when I think of the price the boy will pay for his mother's public display of beliefs.
The Price
I'm confident that Jamie Lynne Grumet knew there would be a price to pay in exchange for her public statement in support of extended breastfeeding. She knew her story and cover photo were an invitation to comment and criticize her choices and that her right to privacy was now compromised—at least for a while. I wonder, though, if she thought about the price her son, Aram, would pay for her decision. Kids are tough on each other as it is, imagine what it must be like for him now that he's famous for breastfeeding. Fast forward to middle and high school; how will this play out for him in the boys locker room and when he starts dating?
Bull's Eye
Grumet is supported by Dr. Bill Sears, pediatrician and author of "The Baby Book." In her defense and in defense of extended breastfeeding he told the Today Show, ""I've never yet seen an attachment parenting baby who has become a school bully." Yeah, but what about becoming the target of one? Unfortunately for this boy, other kids may not be able to understand the reasons behind his mother's actions. They might only see it as an opportunity to ridicule and bully him. It's not a stretch to imagine this happening; just read some of the bullying comments hurled at his mother by other adults; I'm afraid she's painted a bull's eye on him and his 5 year old brother.Continued on the next page


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It's a bank! It's an app! It's a bank AND an app!
GoBank. There's no actual bank. The whole thing lives inside an iPhone.
A show of hands, please: Who hates their bank?
OK, OK! You can put your hands down now. In response to your pain over fees and account minimums and various other picky little money-grubbing charges, Green Dot, a Pasadena-based company that made it big in prepaid debit cards, has created a no-frills, low-cost banking service that's optimized to run on mobile devices.
It's called GoBank, and it's designed to run on the iPhone and Android devices. In fact, the entire banking experiencing is centralized on small screens and makes use of a smartphone's camera to manage deposits. You can email money to people. And text money. And — yes — Facebook money.
You also get, along with FDIC insurance, a Visa debit card and an embedded "Fortune Teller" that will tweak you when you're spending too much.
UPDATE: Apple announces new iPad mini
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Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller announces the new iPad mini during a special event at the historic California Theater Tuesday morning. The iPad mini is Apple's smaller version of the popular iPad tablet.
UPDATE: $329, for the 16GB WiFi-only version. Shipping early November. Pre-orders October 26. And it will have cellular capability.
UPDATE: It's the iPad mini. Apple has spoken. It's going to be 7.9 inches (the ipad Maxi is 9.7 inches — neat, huh?). Apple has also rolled out a new MacBook Pro, a new Mac mini, something about textbooks that seemed to greatly excite CEO Tim Cook, and a new iMac.
PREVIOUSLY: Apple is live-streaming today's much-anticipated but not exactly all that secretive reveal of the iPad mini. BUT the company is only livestreaming it through Apple's Safari browser! So switch now, Chrome and Firefox people! I'm not even sure what you Opera and Rockmelt folks are supposed to do. Explorer? Yeah...
If there is a big surprise in store, it could be that the iPad mini won't be called the iPad mini, but rather something like the "iPad Air," to ally it with the MacBook of the same name.
Q&A: What is Amazon unveiling tomorrow in Santa Monica?
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos introduces Kindle Fire last September. What new forms will the device take? We'll probably find out tomorrow in L.A.
All Amazon has done is invite the media to an event at a hanger at the Santa Monica airport tomorrow morning. But chances are pretty good that we're going to be seeing some tablets. This won't be like the similarly mysterious Microsoft event in June at which we were introduced to the technology giant's first-ever ready-for-market tablet, Surface. Amazon already has Kindles and Kindle Fires. So what are we likely to see?
Q: Will we get a bigger Kindle Fire?
A: Nope. CNET already reported that a Kindle Fire Big isn't in Amazon's immediate future. Rather, the company will be updating the current Kindle Fire with a new model and introducing a second model. Both will be 7-inch tablets.
Q: Does it really make sense for Amazon to treat this as a media event?
A: Apple has an iPad Mini and the new iPhone 5 coming soon. The iPad Mini will hit in October and the iPhone arrives this month. Microsoft just planted its stake with Surface and then there are all the Android tablets that aren't Kindle Fires (which is built on Android but customized for Amazon). Amazon needs to stay in the game here.
RIM, R.I.P.? (Part II)
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A Blackberry Bold is displayed at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 8, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Business Insider is engaged in plenty of speculation about struggling BlackBerry maker Research in Motion today, after the company disappointed Wall Street with its fiscal fourth quarter results yesterday. Part of that speculation involved interpreting RIM's CEO's comments about "strategic opportunities" as "let's look for someone to buy us." At the New York Times, Michael J. De La Merced joins that chorus.
Here's a Jay Yarow at BI, on why no one in his right mind would want to buy RIM (it's in Q&A form):
...Is anyone a good fit for RIM?
Honestly, we don't think so. This is a company that is dying and in a state of transition. It runs on its own platform. Most hardware makers have picked their partners for software. Transitioning to RIM's software doesn't make sense unless RIM's next software is awesome. In which case, another hardware maker like Dell or LG could buy RIM and use BlackBerry 10.
But, that's sort of silly for RIM, right? They wouldn't want to sell if the software is good.
Exactly. What's the point? RIM could turn itself around without help.
But that's pretty unlikely, right?
So that's it for RIM? Make great software or die?
Pretty much. It's possible someone wild card jumps in. Maybe a carrier takes a chance on RIM if it gets cheap enough, or maybe a Chinese phone maker buys the company to get a nice entry into North America, or maybe a PE firm looks at RIM's still impressive cash flow and decides to take the company out and try to fix it.
Is Research in Motion where Apple was before Steve Jobs came back?
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A Blackberry Bold with the new Slacker personalized radio application is displayed at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 8, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
I've been advocating, to pretty much anyone who will listen, that Apple should buy Research in Motion, the Canadian company that makes the BlackBerry smartphone and has seen its stock price completely collapse in the past few years, falling more than 70 percent. Apple, mean while, has gone from around $350 per share per-holiday last year to more than $600 this week.
Apple's success has yielded a cash hoard of $100 billion, some of which Cupertino is dealing with through a dividend and stock-buyback plan. But there's still tons of money left over. I say, Why not buy RIM? At a market cap of $7.25 billion, Apple could pick up the dominant player in the business-and-government smartphone market and plug the one gaping hole in its dominance of consumer electronics.
Apple could do this, possibly using cash that it's keeping outside the U.S. (RIM is Canadian! Apple wouldn't have to re-patriate the money!), and still have enough left over to buy, you know, the Eiffel Tower or something...


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"They terrify me," he said. "They're something to be running from."
But when he heard that Michael Grimes decided against bringing his haunted house to Carson City this year, Epps was truly spooked.
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Hey. I wish to develop some iOS applications by running Lion on my Windows with VMWare. I went according to this tutorial: [Tutorial] How To Install Mac OS X Lion 10.7 Retail On Windows PC Using VMware And Bootable .iso - YouTube
but when running the machine it starts with a gray window and the apple logo for a few seconds, and then goes to a white screen with a spinning mouse cursor. I let it load for over 40 minutes and it didn't change...
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My Sweet Pepper Land
A disillusioned city cop finds romance and trouble on the Iraqi–Turkish border in this black comic Kurdish Western.
Producers: Marc Bordure, Robert Guédiguian
Screenplay: Hiner Saleem, Antoine Lacomblez
Photography: Pascal Auffray
Editors: Sophie Reine, Clémence Samson, Juliette Haubois
Production designer: Fehmi Salim
Costume designers: Pauline Batista, Ceylan Remezan
Sound: Miroslav Babic
Music: Golshifteh Farahani
In Kurdish with English subtitles
With: Golshifteh Farahani (Govend), Korkmaz Arslan (Baran), Suat Usta (Reber), Mir Murad Bedirxan (Tajdin), Feyyaz Duman (Jaffar), Tarik Akreyi (Aziz Aga), Véronique Wüthrich (Nîroj)
Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard) 2013
"Kurdistan may still be a loose geographical area but Kurdish cinema has come into its own, thanks to top filmmakers like Bahman Ghobadi and Hiner Saleem. Saleem's My Sweet Pepper Land is his most accomplished attempt thus far to describe the historical moment in a way that communicates his fierce love for this remote region without veiling its grotesqueness… The tone is pretty much over the top from start to finish, a delightful, poker-faced take on the cowboy movie set on the Iraqi–Turkish border. A luminous performance by Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani balances the Wild West humor, adding a note of serious appreciation for the plucky Kurdish women who refuse to bow their heads…
Steely-eyed Baran (Korkmaz Arslan) is a hero in the war for Kurdish independence, but now that Saddam Hussein has fallen and it's peacetime, he finds himself at odds with his job as police chief in the capital city…. He agrees to be stationed in a lawless border town…
It's the same two-phone village where Govend (Farahani) has started teaching kids to read and write. Against the wishes of her twelve goofy brothers, but with her father's consent, she courageously lives alone in the village, sleeping in the school house… [Baran and Govend's] mutual enemy is the local chieftain Aziz Aga, whose band of desperados smuggle alcohol into Iran and arms into Iraq…
Walking the line between drama and farce, Saleem is usually as sure-footed as the rugged horses that scale breath-taking hills and dales, stunningly shot in glorious color." — Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter


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Flowers to Vegas – My co-worker went to Vegas this weekend for her birthday. I called this shop and had a special flower arrangement sent to her hotel. She called and said it was Great and she was so surprised. She is bringing it home with her on Tuesday.
Great Employees – Joe took my order and he was so helpful and let me know what to expect. My didn't think my flowers were delivered, because no one called me to thank me. When I called back, I spoke with Angela and she was able to confirm when the flowers were delivered. Again, she was also very helpful.
Excellant Customer Service – My mom called and said there was a card on her door about flowers, she gave me the number and I called. They had attempted a delivery and no one answered the door. They asked what a good time would be to deliver and theywould get them to her. She received flowers today and said they were beautiful.
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11km S on Hwy 60 to Grid 762 then 1.5km W and 1km S. Watch for signs. 15 minutes from Saskatoon.
Situated on 30 acres, we offer speedball fields as well as battlegrounds. We can accommodate small or large groups.
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Pike Lake Provincial Park.
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